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Post-Election Polls Present Mixed Message for the Political Road Ahead
By Bruce Drake
Right after the big Republican victory in the midterm elections, my Politics Daily colleague Jill Lawrence wrote an analysis suggesting a myriad of reasons for caution in interpreting the election outcome as a mandate for the GOP. As Jill said: "Mandates are complicated things. Just ask Bill ...
Immigration End Game: DREAM Act Defeated in the Senate
By Patricia Murphy
The Senate failed to overcome a bipartisan filibuster against the DREAM Act Saturday, by a vote of 55 to 41, just five short of the 60 needed to advance the immigration bill to a final debate in the chamber. The controversial measure had been the last hope of immigration activists looking this ...
DREAM Act Immigration Bill Delayed in the Senate
By Patricia Murphy
The Senate voted 59 to 40 Thursday to delay consideration of the DREAM Act, a bill that would give young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they complete two years of college or two years in the U.S. military. To qualify, they also must have arrived in the country before the age of 16 and ...
An End to Unemployment Benefits? A Victory for Family Values
By Robert and Donna Trussell
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Obama Needs to Call Summit on the Deficit, Top Democrat Says
By Bruce Drake
Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, a member of President Barack Obama's debt commission and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Sunday that the president needed to follow up the commission's report by calling a summit meeting in which he takes part. "What I think is really necessary now is ...
Republicans, Democrats Indicate Deal Likely on Tax Cuts, Unemployment Benefits
By Bruce DrakeRepublican and Democratic lawmakers continued on Sunday to cautiously dance around what has emerged as the outlines of a deal on extending the Bush-era tax cuts. But their remarks appeared to signal that both sides were likely to reach a compromise that kept the tax cuts for all, including the ...
Senate Blocks Democrats on Middle Class Tax Cut; Obama Still Confident of Deal
By Patricia Murphy
Republican senators, joined by a handful of moderate Democrats, led a filibuster Saturday to block consideration of two Democratic proposals to permanently extend the expiring Bush tax cuts for all but the highest earners, arguing that the Bush-era cuts should be extended for all income levels. In ...
Seasoned House Democratic Leadership: Average Age 70
By Tom Diemer
Politics is not a child's game, so House Democrats don't seem overly concerned about aging issues when it comes to their septuagenarian leadership. Amid a sea of young, new faces on Capitol Hill, the average age of the Democratic hierarchy is just over 70. "There they go again," said the new ...
Give Us Liberty or Give Us Mitch McConnell
By Robert and Donna Trussell
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Republican Leaders, Holding Cards, Ask for Delay in Meeting With Obama
By Tom Diemer
The high-profile White House meeting Thursday night between President Obama and the newly empowered Republican leadership isn't going to happen. Rep. John Boehner, the House speaker in waiting, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked for a continuance -- which was granted. The White House ...
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